Ebola patient escapes quarantine centre in search of food

A man suspected of suffering from Ebola has been filmed trying to run away
from doctors in protective clothing, before he is bundled into a truck and
driven away

By David Blair, video source ITN

3:08PM BST 02 Sep 2014

A suspected Ebola patient caused panic in a market in Liberia’s capital when he left a clinic to find food.

The man was caught by four medical personnel wearing yellow protective suits and bundled into a vehicle. Video footage, which has not been independently verified, shows a frightened crowd gathered near the scene in the capital, Monrovia.

The man, clad in shorts and a red t-shirt, apparently resists the medics and tries to avoid being taken back to the Ebola clinic. He is eventually overcome and driven away.

At least 1,378 people have been infected with the Ebola virus in Liberia, according to the World Health Organisation, and 694 have died so far.